1. there's an application questionnaire that we ask you to fill out and return to us. That helps us to match the personality of the dog(s) with that of the home. We usually have 25-30 dogs scattered around the area in various foster homes and daycare/boarding facilities so we like to make good use of our time and yours by only steering you to dogs that are appropriate for your family.

2. Once we help you select viable candidates we'll arrange for you to meet them and see how you interact together.

3. For local applicants (Salt Lake area) we arrange for a home visit. Usually we bring the dog with us and if it looks like a good match we'll leave the dog with you for a trial adoption period. We like this to last at least a full work week and weekend so you can see how the dog fits into your lifestyle. During the trial period we provide a crate, dog food and a training slip leash. You also get a special ringtone on my 'phone so I know to answer it immediately or at least get back to you within a few minutes. For out-of-state applicants there is a home visit by a representative in your area but the trial adoption period does not apply. However, our adoption contract states that "if for any reason at any time the adopter is unable to keep the dog it must be returned to Utah's Perfect Pointers".

Our process takes a little longer and is much more work for us than just having you go to PetSmart and walk out with a dog, but it works well and we have very few returns because of the care we take with both our dogs and the applicants.

All adoptions are at our sole discretion.

TATE

I'm an extremely nice little Dude - everyone says so. Some kind people found me dehydrated and hungry and took care of me and helped get me to my rescue ladies. That was on July 1, 2014 when I was about 1.5 years old. An unfortunate event occurred when I was being and I had a blood clot that lodged in my spine. It blocked the nerves sending signals from my brain to my legs and I couldn't walk. All four feet were knuckling under. I was pretty sick for 2 days and stayed at the vet's while they monitored me and had me on IV with antibiotics and steroids. Everyone was pretty worried about me. Finally, I could lift my head and I got to go home with Marylin and meet the pack. I didn't move around much that first day, although I really enjoyed getting out to lie on the grass.

And my front legs worked! It was so great. I could use my front legs to pull myself around the yard without being held by anyone. My back legs still didn't work so I was carried inside and outside....... and upstairs and downstairs.

I started k-laser treatment and had those twice a week and my back legs started moving in a walking gait without having to drag them behind me. Of course my toes still curled under and I had to have booties on my back feet whenever I go out so that the tops of my feet didn't get rubbed raw. Ace and Izzy's dad did water therapy with me.

From there I graduated to physical therapy with Anthony Woerner who I loved. He had the best treats!

A rescue friend of Marylin's, Jeannie, came over and gave me a T-Touch session. :)

I was doing pretty well. By the end of November, 2014 everyone realized I'd never really walk properly again. It was a pretty low point for my rescue woman but I didn't care. I was happy. I could run with my pack and chase birds. I could go to daycare all day. Life was Good!

I even got to go swimming at Barley's. Loved It!!!

Since then I've done a lot of traveling with Marylin because she has to wrap my feet every morning and unwrap them at night. If they're not properly wrapped I get bad pressure sores on my feet and hocks.

So........ I've been to Las Vegas, Canada (5 times - I should have my own passport), everywhere in Utah, ID, OR, and WA. I'm a great little traveling ambassador!

ARCHIE

I'm an English Pointer boy about 7 years old and I've had an interesting life. I'm good with all people, other dogs, and even cats! I just want a calm, secure home and to know I'm loved and I'll be your little dancing, woooooooo-woooing fool.

WYATTI'm a beautiful GSP boy who was taken in as a stray by animal control. My rescue lady thinks I was released because I have a "pimple" on my right eye lens that needs to be removed. These are tricky and expensive surgeries - especially for a 7-year old boy. I just got to my rescue lady a couple of days ago so we're assessing it right now. In the meantime I'm having a great time with all the people and dogs at Old Farm Pet Resort. I'm great with everyone (except cats)!

ZANDER

I'm
ZANDER - an exquisite GSP boy with gorgeous confirmation. My
approximate DOB is 10/15/2017 so I'm just a sweet young thing. I was
a hot mess when I became a Perfect Pointer.

I was turned into the shelter by my family because they
couldn't control me. No big surprise there! They'd turned a
perfectly-bred GSP into a quivering mass of neuroses. My separation
anxiety was so bad the shelter was desperate to get me out of
there because I was tearing up their kennels. I came to Utah's Perfect
Pointers the next day and had to be crated in my kennel otherwise I'd
destroy the kennel and injure myself. My rescue lady's had a lot of
dogs with separation anxiety but never one as bad as mine. I also was
never socialized with other dogs so my initial reaction is to try and
hump them - aggressively and compulsively. My quality of life wasn't great. I loved going out with my rescue lady but she couldn't
devote every minute of her day to me. She wondered how a 7-month old
pup could be so totally ruined and hopes my former family never gets
another dog. In the meantime she needed professional help and the people at DogTown Kennels/Sit Mean Sit Training were just the ones to do it!

Jon Cain was my first trainer. I love him! Within a couple of minutes I was a respectable dog and learning to "place" and "sit" and "come" and "down". I was so proud of myself!

Then I got to go out with the other dogs and run around just like a respectable GSP! It was so great! I love going there and being a real dog.

KELLEN

I'm
KELLEN! I'm a pretty boy with a mostly chocolate head and a few
hard-to-spot white hairs around my muzzle. My approximate DOB is
2/1/2016 so I'm still a sweet young thing - full of life and love and
energy. I'm the perfect size - 47 lbs and 24" at my withers. And I get
along with all people and other dogs. I'm having a blast in daycare.

GULLIVER

I'm Gorgeous GULLIVER and I have my very own facebook album with lots more pictures and information:

I was a bag of bones when I got to my rescue lady and a month later I'm
starting to look like..... a dog! My approximate DOB is 6/27/2008.
I'm up to 55 lbs and I'm 26.5" at my withers. Ive become really playful
- especially if the activity involves a ball. I Love Balls! And I Love Water! I'm
wonderful with all people, other dogs and cats.

I'm a
timid little guy and need some serious socializing with people. I've
met a lot of them since I've been here and if they take their time
getting to know me I'm very grateful. I didn't have
much socializing experience in my past life. I was just neutered and
will be having my pearly whites taken care of this week. Then my
socialization period begins. I acutally like other respectful dogs.
They make me feel more secure.

So no children in my new home,
please. They're too active for me at this stage of my career. My
approx DOB is 7/13/2010. I'm only 18.5" at my withers and 32 lbs so I'm
the perfect size for an adult couple who can spend some time with me,
keep my soft curly hair groomed, and make me feel at home.

MAYHEM

Seven
month-old Mayhem became a perfect pointer on Dec. 12, 2017. He was in
the South Salt Lake shelter and of course they called me as soon as his
stray hold was over and were delighted to turn this charmingly energetic
young man over to us. <3
He was a squirming, bounding bundle of enthusiasm and I held him in
quarantine for 10 days while he was dewormed and had all his shots.

About Day 10 it seemed that he was
developing kennel cough. That's pretty typical for a lot of our dogs
when they arrive and other than the attractive snot-blowing phase it's
not a particularly difficult illness to overcome. It's like a kid going
to kindergarten for the first time. They catch something disgusting,
bring it home to the rest of the family, everyone recovers and the kid's
immune system is much stronger for the short inconvenience. We put him
on doxycycline for 10 days and he improved markedly.

On
January 2, I ran him over to the Humane Society to see if they could
neuter him for me - sort of my idea of "starting the new year out
right"! He seemed fine to me but they were sure he still had kennel
cough so back he went into isolation boarding and another 10 days of
doxycycline. Sigh.

He
seemed perfectly fine within 10 days - no more sneezing, no more
harumphing, no more snot draining unattractively from his nostrils.
Life was good. I took him back to Humane on January 23, feeling sure
he'd be neutered and I wasn't going to get yelled at. He passed the
pre-surgery exam. And..... sigh...... when I went to pick him up that
afternoon they said he started draining phlegm as soon as they
anesthetized him (but since he was under they neutered him anyway).

So
I put him on clavamox for 10 days. Obviously the doxycycline wasn't
helping! Of course none of this slowed him down at all or dampened his
enthusiasm for everything. Within 5 days he seemed fine but we
continued the clavamox for the entire 10 days and he went into daycare.

He
was having a blast....... but within 10 more days he started snuffling
again. ENOUGH! We called in the Big Guns and put him on Baytril. This
is one of the strongest antibiotics we have. Surely this was going to
take care of everything.

I
brought him home and tried to make myself think that he wouldn't pass
anything along to the other 7 dogs if I covered his kennel with a sheet.
hahaha! I really knew that wouldn't do any good but all the other
dogs have great immune systems so I wasn't terribly concerned. He was
less than thrilled with the new diggs. He was very interested in
interacting with English Pointer, Tama, who he thought was pretty hot.
After all, she was an older woman at 9 years!

Mayhem
recovered nicely and enjoyed finally getting to play with Tama and the
other Casa UPP members. For 3 weeks he bounced between Casa UPP and
daycare without any problems.

On
April 12 he started leaking more disgusting yellow "stuff". This time I
noticed it was primarily from his left nostril and I thought back to
the other times when his discharge was predominantly "one sided". This
was definitely suspicios and Dr. Kay wondered if he got "something"
stuck up his great long nose like a piece of grass that kept becoming
infected. So we went to see Dr. Tarassov at Olympus Cove and Mayhem has
a dental (no infection there) and a nasal flush that didn't produce and
extraneous matter. But he certainly did feel better and we hoped that
watever was in there was gone and he was going to be fine. We put him
on clindamycin for 3 weeks. And of course he stayed at Casa UPP.

Mayhem welcomed in fat little Ora and they had a wonderful time wrestling and playing.

When pretty little Aasha (now Cranberry) arrived at the beginning of April he was very accommodating to her play needs.

12-year
old English Pointer, Stott, was Mayhem's absolute favorite and they
played all day (or at least until Stott got tired of him). This picture
was taken on May 7th.

On
May 8, I noticed his breathing was very rapid and shallow so I took him
back to Olympus Cove. Dr. Love noted his temperature was 106.7 and his
pulse was very high. They put him on IV fluids with antibiotics until I
picked him up that night. When I took him back on the 9th his oxygen
levels were so low and x-rays showed he'd aspirated fluid into his lungs
that was sitting at the bottom third of
his lungs. They suggested he go into oxygen therapy immediately. I
moved him to Cottonwood Animal hospital and he was there for 5 days in
their oxygen chamber on IV fluids/antibiotics. No one was sure what the
problem was. He wasn't responding to treatment well and his oxygen
levels weren't recovering enough for me to bring him home. They did
x-rays, bloodwork daily, a needle aspirate of his lungs. Except for his
need for oxygen and aspriated pneumonia he seemed to be pretty active.
Total bill so far....... $4385.

STOTT

I'm STOTT, a senior English Pointer dude and I'm great with cats! I'm about 10-12 years old and lookin' for love.

My approximate DOB is 3/7/2006. I'm 50 lbs and 24" at my withers. And I'm very, very handsome! When I got to my rescue lady's I had to have 9 teeth removed. Now there's nothing I can't eat. :)

I'm wonderful with all other dogs, cats and people. I'm just everybody's friend. Here I am playing with my yearling foster brother, Mayhem. You'd never know I was an old dude to watch me move!

I totally love going on mountain hikes in my new foster home. It doesn't get any better than this!

TRAVIS

I'm
beautiful TRAVIS. I'm a lovely, happy gentle soul. My approximate DOB
is 3/21/2008. I love prancing around the yard and lying on a nice,
soft bed inside. My teeth were in pretty dreadful condition so my rescue
lady took me to Olympus Cove Vet Clinic and Dr.
Tarassov took care of that. All my other tests are good so I'm a Brand New Dog!

I'm very friendly with all other dogs and love
my people. I'm a little afraid of cats but we get along just fine if they don't chase me. I'm even house trained! I'm 51 lbs and 23.5" at my
withers. I could stand a few more groceries. My perfect weight will be
55-57 lbs.

I love my balls - chasing them, chewing on them, and having someone throw them gently for me.

DAVIS

I'm
DAVIS! I'm a gorgeous GSP boy with the most interesting coloring my
rescue lady's ever seen. I'm tall (~ 25.5") and handsome and very
nicely behaved - except for going over fences. But I'm a GSP! I have
things to do, places to see, and I'm very interested in everything.

My
approximate DOB is 3/6/2013. I'm doing well with all my dog buddies in
daycare. Now I'm looking for my perfect home.

KIRK

I'm
KIRK! As in Captain Kirk! I have the best underbite for a little
English Pointer dude. I'm good with other dogs and I love my people. I
was a stray in rural Utah so there's no information about my background
- other than that I'm totally adorable. My approximate DOB is
10/9/2016. I'm only 21" high and I'm all finished growing at 44 lbs.
So I'm the perfect size!!! More news and pictures to come.

CAPONE

I'm
beautiful CAPONE. As in....... well, you know! I'm a 2-year old boy
with fine bones and gorgeous markings. My approximate DOB is 4/10/2016.
I'm 22.5" tall and weigh 44 lbs. I was turned into a shelter because I
wasn't good with the neighbor children.

My rescue lady's not sure if
that's my fault or the fault of the children but just to be safe I need
to go to a home with adults. I'm doing well with other dogs. I'm a
little on the timid side so I'll need a kind and secure owner to bring
out the best in me.

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LUKE

I'm
Cool Hand Luke! I became a "perfect pointer" in 2010 when my rescue
lady helped a co-worker get my sister and me away from my owner who was
mistreating us. I'm really a Brussels Griffon mix. We were 3 years old at the time and we weren't easy
dogs. We got along with each other but not with other dogs. We'd been
kicked so whenever someone would approach us we'd attack their feet.
We'd bite if someone tried to pick us up.

My
sister bit our rescue lady - only time she's ever been bitten by one of
our species! Jessica at HSU took my sister for one of her foster moms
who adopted her and I stayed with UPP. I was adopted by a lovely young
couple. My dad could do anything with me - roll me over on my back and
pet my tummy, take me for walks, pick me up. I loved him! I loved my
mom, too, but my dad was special.

It turns out I'm not a good
match for babies and my parents had one 8 months ago. They're too noisy and
busy for me to cope with. So I came back to UPP to look for my new
home. In the meantime I'm having a blast at Old Farm Pet Resort with the other little dogs and my best buddy, Reese.

AVI

I'm
AVI and I'm gorgeous! My name means "spring like" and I'm very young
for a respectable middle-aged guy. My approximate DOB is 6/13/2009. I
weigh 60 lbs and I'm 26.5" at my withers - a nice, tall dude.

I've had a somewhat checkered past with the shelter. I was turned into
them not once, but three times! The last time they gave up and just
called my rescue lady. We figure it's because I'm

so gorgeous and a little older so my previous adopters thought, "How
much trouble can he be?!" Hahahaha! I'm a GSP! Unless you know what
you're doing and give me lots of mental and physical recreating time I
can be a Whole Lot Of Trouble!

I've been a model gentleman
since I got to Utah's Perfect Pointers. I can't wait to get into
daycare/boarding when the facilities have room for me.

THOR

I'm
THOR - a great big galloping boy with the longest tongue in the world.
My approx DOB is 6/22/2016 and like so many of my breed I'm a big,
beautiful bundle of energy. That landed me in the shelter a couple of
times until they called my rescue lady to "Come Get Me".

I'm a
solid 64 lbs and 26.5" at my withers. I'm definitely a "significant
dog". I totally love my people and I'll be good with other dogs with
initial monitoring and lots of exercise. I mean well, I just forget how
much of me there is!

ELTON

I'm ELTON (as in "John"). I'm a class act.

;) I even have a little bit of a mohawk on the back of my head.

I came to Utah's Perfect Pointers as a stray in rural Utah and they were so glad to have me. I'm a great guy.

My approximate DOB is 11/26/2015 and I'm 57 lbs and 23.5" at my
withers. I'm a thoughtful, energetic guy and I love my people and other
dogs.